#half

Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there. ↗

— William Safire

#directed #down #even #halfway #happened

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. ↗

— J. D. Salinger

#about #by the time #down #every #every time

Well that's the point: People don't normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating. ↗

— Eriq La Salle

#away #biggest #concern #eating #film

I feel very strongly that clothes that fit well make a person feel better. It's maybe half the value of the merchandise. ↗

— Jil Sander

#clothes #feel #fit #half #i

I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers. ↗

— Siegfried Sassoon

#am #behalf #convinced #i #i am

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar. ↗

— George Saunders

#character #drama #feel #foster #half

But I think our humour is exactly the same today. Only, we've made rules now. We've said we are not going to do prosthetic make-up scenes, because when they take it off half your face comes off. ↗

— Jennifer Saunders

#comes #exactly #face #going #half

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#array #attention #calls #children #constant

I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#i #life #me #my life #overnight

The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#both #deceptive #english #english language #half